James F. Pugh, 92, of Salina, passed away Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. He was born Sept. 6, 1925, in a dirt home on the banks of the Smoky Hill River, Trego County, which is now under Cedar Bluff dam. Jim was the son of Floyd and Edna (Sutherland) Pugh. The family moved to Salina in 1929 and owned and operated Maplewood Dairy. Jim graduated from Washington High School in 1943 and joined the Navy soo...

Clyde A. Richter, Jr. 91, of Salina passed away, Wednesday, August 1, 2018. Funeral services for Clyde and his wife, Frances, will be announced soon. Mr. Richter was born March 26, 1927, Council Grove, KS. He is a son of Clyde A. Richter, Sr. and Lillian (Day) Richter. He married Frances Kathaleen Trumble on February 28, 1948 at the First United Methodist Church, Salina. He is preceded in death by...

Donald Price Vandegrift, 64, of Salina, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. He was born Dec. 24, 1953, in Salina, Kansas, to Fred and Janet Vandegrift. Don was noted for his athletic ability and his “Never Say Die” attitude on the basketball court. He graduated from Salina South in 1972, then went on to Kansas State University wher...

Kace Arlen Redden, of Gypsum, was born into the arms of his heavenly Father on Tuesday, July 31st, at Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, Kansas. Kace is the son of Hayley (Taussig) and Arlen Redden, of Gypsum, Kansas. Survivors include his parents; sisters, Amariah, Jayney; brothers, Ryker, Kruz, Zeke; grandparents, Galen and Patsy Redden, of Gypsum, Kansas; Mark and Susan Taussig, of Ma...

Sam Couch, 55, of Salina, passed away Saturday, July 28, 2018. He was born July 4, 1963 in Salina, KS. Survivors include his, mother, Carol DeWitt from Duenweg, MO; his loving companion of 32 years, Mary Adams from Salina, KS; daughter, Tisha Nickel from Tonganoxie, KS; step-daughter, Shoshona Hight from Blue Springs, MO; brother, William DeWitt from Joplin, MO; sisters, Samantha Sulsar from Sa...

Diana Kay "DeeDee" Ketterman, 59, of McPherson, Kansas, passed away at 5:54 p.m., Tuesday, July 24th, 2018 while in the company of family members, at McPherson Hospital. Diana was born in McPherson, Kansas on September 11, 1958, a daughter of Harold Randolph and Doris Constance (Henry) Ketterman. Diana attended Roosevelt Elementary School, Park School and graduated from McPherson High School...

Father Loren Werth passed away on Monday, July 30, at Meadowlark Hills, Manhattan, Kansas. Fr. Loren Werth was born on October 16, 1930 in Schoenchen, Kansas. He was one of four children. An older brother and sister preceded him in death. There is one surviving sister, Jean Pfannenstiel of Salina. Fr. Werth entered the seminary in 1946 as a junior in high school at Conception Seminary, Conce...

Florence G. Asper, 98, departed this life on the evening of Sunday, July 29, 2018, in Salina, KS. She was born on January 24, 1920, in Newburg, PA, a daughter of the late Luther and Margaret Shoffner Finkey. Florence worked at the former Valley Baking Store, Shippensburg, for forty-five years, retiring in 1984, as a cake decorator. She was a member of the Shippensburg First Church of God and ...

Donald F. Scheetz, age 77, passed away on, Saturday, July 28, 2018 at his residence in Clyde, Kansas. He was born December 8, 1940 in New Almelo, Kansas to Leonard and Marie (Otter) Scheetz. Donald was a 1959 graduate of LeoVille High School. He served in the United States Air Force from 1959-1963 and was honorably discharged. He worked for 27 years as an Air Traffic Controller for Federal A...

Jacqueline Sue "Jackie" Tipton, 61, of Hutchinson, Kansas, passed away at 4:30 p.m., Saturday, July 28th, 2018 while in the company of family members, at Buhler Sunshine Home, Buhler, Kansas. Jackie was born in Newton, Kansas on October 5, 1956, a daughter of Betty Joan (Perry) and Gerald Dee Baerg. Jackie attended the Inman grade school and graduated from Inman High School, Inman, Kansas in...